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Position paper of the Italian Society for the study of Dementias (Sindem) on the proposal of a new Lexicon on Alzheimer disease
A panel of Italian neurologists of the Italian Society for the study of Dementias (SINDEM) discussed the recently proposed new lexicon for Alzheimer disease (AD) and the related diagnostic criteria for the dif...
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The Italian version of cognitive function instrument (CFI): reliability and validity in a cohort of healthy elderly
The Alzheimer’s disease Cooperative Study (ADCS)-Cognitive Function Instrument (CFI) is a 14-item questionnaire administered to the subject and the referent, aimed at detecting early changes in cognitive and f...
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The Italian version of Cognitive Function Instrument (CFI) for tracking changes in healthy elderly: results at 1-year follow-up
Cognitive Function Instrument (CFI) is a questionnaire aimed at detecting very early changes in cognitive and functional abilities and useful for monitoring cognitive decline in individuals without clinical im...
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Changes of olfactory tract in Parkinson’s disease: a DTI tractography study
Impaired olfactory function is one of the main features of Parkinson’s disease. However, how peripheral olfactory structures are involved remains unclear. Using diffusion tensor imaging fiber tracking, we inve...
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Small-expanded allele spinocerebellar ataxia 17: imaging and phenotypic variability
Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 (SCA17) is a rare genetic cause of adult-onset ataxia caused by an abnormal expansion of the CAG/CAA sequence in the TATA-box Binding Protein (TBP) gene. A number of repeats higher than ...
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Open AccessPEG-J replacement for duodenal levodopa infusion in Parkinson’s disease patients: a retrospective study
Reducing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies with jejunal extension tubes (PEG-J) related complications is vital to the long-term preservation of duodenal levodopa infusion (DLI) in advanced Parkinson’s dise...
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Open AccessAccuracy of the clinical diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) among the Italian Dementia Centers: a study by the Italian DLB study group (DLB-SINdem)
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may represent a diagnostic challenge, since its clinical picture overlaps with other dementia. Two toolkits have been developed to aid the clinician to diagnose DLB: the Lewy Bo...
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Hyposmia correlates with axial signs and gait disorder in Parkinson’s disease: an Italian Olfactory Identification Test study
Olfactory dysfunction is a non-motor symptom and an important biomarker of Parkinson’s disease (PD) because of its high prevalence (> 90%). Whether hyposmia correlates with motor symptoms is unclear. In the pr...